Sikorsky S‑38

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The Sikorsky S‑38 was a twin‑engine amphibious flying boat of the late 1920s and early 1930s, used for both commercial and exploratory aviation and noted for its distinctive twin‑boom tail.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sikorsky S-38 2
Sikorsky S‑38 canonical 2
Sikorsky S-38A 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sikorsky aircraft ⓘ
amphibious flying boat ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
twin-engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType high-wing monoplane ⓘ
capacity 8 passengers ⓘ
category amphibious aircraft ⓘ
flying boat ⓘ
construction mixed metal-and-fabric ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
designer Igor Sikorsky ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin-engine tractor ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
firstFlight 1928 ⓘ
hasVariant Sikorsky S-38A ⓘ
linked to: Sikorsky S‑38

Sikorsky S-38B ⓘ
linked to: Sikorsky S‑38

Sikorsky S-38C ⓘ
linked to: Sikorsky S‑38
historicalSignificance helped establish early Pan American Airways routes ⓘ
hullType boat hull ⓘ
introduced late 1920s ⓘ
landingCapability land ⓘ
water ⓘ
manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft ⓘ
notableFeature distinctive twin-boom tail ⓘ
open engine nacelles mounted above wing ⓘ
operator Pan American Airways ⓘ
U.S. Army Air Corps ⓘ
U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy

private owners ⓘ
periodOfUse 1930s ⓘ
late 1920s ⓘ
powerplant radial piston engines ⓘ
primaryUser Pan American Airways ⓘ
U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy
role airliner ⓘ
utility aircraft ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
tailConfiguration twin-boom tail ⓘ
usedFor commercial aviation ⓘ
exploratory aviation ⓘ
mail transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
route pioneering ⓘ
survey flights ⓘ
usedInRegion Africa ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
South Pacific ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pratt & Whitney Hornet → application → Sikorsky S‑38 ⓘ
Wright R-1820 → usedOnAircraft → Sikorsky S-38 ⓘ
subject linked to: Wright R-1820 radial engine
linked to: Sikorsky S‑38
Pratt & Whitney Wasp → usedInAircraft → Sikorsky S‑38 ⓘ
Sabena → operatedAircraftType → Sikorsky S-38 ⓘ
linked to: Sikorsky S‑38
Sikorsky S-38 → hasVariant → Sikorsky S-38A ⓘ
subject linked to: Sikorsky S‑38
linked to: Sikorsky S‑38
Sikorsky S-38 → hasVariant → Sikorsky S-38B ⓘ
subject linked to: Sikorsky S‑38
linked to: Sikorsky S‑38
Sikorsky S-38 → hasVariant → Sikorsky S-38C ⓘ
subject linked to: Sikorsky S‑38
linked to: Sikorsky S‑38